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does not respond For the second Tuesday in a row, I ended my morning at work talking with my boss. I do not like to end my week that way. The reason for our talk was my review and most of it went as I had expected. I was scheduled for a raise, but that has been put on hold until December. According to him, we will reevaluate some things that we discussed today and see if there is some improvement from me by that time. I don't seem to care enough about what I do. He said that there should be some positive changes based on our discussion today. The discussion with my boss was somewhat of a Catch-22. He said that I never asked for more work, but I couldn't tell him what I did with my spare time. Little does he know that I was attending school this spring and essentially working a second job three days a week with the internship. So in reality I was budgeting my time quite wisely to handle that work load where he saw me doing just enough to get by at work. Now if I would have told him about school he would have said something to the effect that work comes first and I would have just shook my head in defeat. Sadly I let some of the conversation fester as I went home. Then I reminded myself that I won't be working there next year at this time. All that I need to do is make it through this winter. During that time I should get another raise and take another vacation at their expense. Once both of those goals are achieved then I can focus all of my energy on looking for something new. My time there is nearly done. The best comment from the conversation was that I take criticism well, but nothing seems to change. The answer for that is simple. Taking any suggestions from him aren't worth my time. That may sound harsh, but I have no respect for him so why should I listen to him. ... The final episode of The Amazing Race aired tonight and I was happy to see Chip and Kim win. Both of them seemed very human and having them win seemed fair in some odd way. |